On 1 July 2012 the Mackay Hospital and Health Service commenced operation as an independent statutory body overseen by the Mackay Hospital and Health Board (Mackay HHB).
The Mackay HHB sets the strategic direction and oversees the management of the Mackay Hospital and Health Service. This provides an opportunity to have enhanced local decision making and accountability for the delivery of local health services. The Board is committed to developing ways to involve the community in designing local health service delivery into the future.
The Mackay HHB reports to the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services and consists of nine independent non-executive Directors, selected by the Governor-in-Council. There are four Committees in place to assist with monitoring the health service’s systems of internal control, financial reporting and clinical safety and quality.
Mr Darryl Camilleri
Chair and Board Member
Mackay Hospital and Health Service 
Mr Darryl Camilleri is a Chartered Accountant, the former Deputy Mayor of the Mackay Regional Council and has served as Chairman for a number of community organisations.
Darryl was the Managing Partner of Bennett Partners Chartered Accountants. He was responsible for a large business service portfolio specialising in business acquisitions and taxation services in mining services industries, rural industries and small to large business clients.
Darryl currently chairs C-Res (Qld) Pty Ltd (which operates BHP’s local buy program Australia wide), and a small engineering business. He has served as Chairman for several community organisations including the RDA Mackay Isaac Whitsunday, Mackay Whitsunday Regional Economic Development Corporation, Mackay Chamber of Commerce and Mackay and District Health Council.
Darryl’s professional qualifications include:
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Fellow – Institute of Chartered Accountants
- Graduate – Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Fellow – Tax Institute of Australia (former)
- Registered Tax Agent (former)
- Registered Company Auditor (former)
Mr David Aprile
Board Member
Mackay Hospital and Health Service 
Mr David Aprile is well known in Mackay as an original Founding Partner of Mackay Day and Night Pharmacy Group. He has served on many local community and government based boards in Mackay and the surrounding area. He also has extensive management background and has previously been recognised as Queensland Manager of the Year (owner operator) from the Australian Institute of Management.
Born and bred in Mackay, David, qualified as a pharmacist in 1973 and was an original partner of the Day and Night Pharmacy Group of pharmacies established in 1981. Following the groups expansion out of Mackay, he was appointed the Managing Director of Healthpoint Chemist Holdings which operated the Healthpoint Chemist Group of pharmacies in Mackay and South East Queensland for many year.
He is the Chairman of Directors of BAWD Pty Ltd, a property development and investment company which has a portfolio of leased and development properties based in Mackay.
David is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Institute of Pharmacy Management. He received the Medal of Management Excellence Award by the Mackay Branch of the Australian Institute of Management in 2010.
David has served on numerous local community and government based boards over the years including the CQ University Advisory Board, Mackay Chamber of Commerce and Shaping Mackay Board.
He has a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Queensland, 1973 and Bachelor of Business from the Darling Downs Institute of Advance Education (now University of Southern Queensland), 1981 and has fellow membership of CPA Australia.
David’s professional qualifications include:
- Bachelor of Pharmacy
- Bachelor of Business
- Associate Fellow – Australian Institute of Management
- Associate Fellow – Australian Institute of Pharmacy Management
- Fellow Membership – CPA Australia
- Member – Australian Institute of Company Directors
Professor Richard Murray
Board Member
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Professor Richard Murray is the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Division of Tropical Health and Medicine at James Cook University. His career focus has been in rural and remote medicine, Aboriginal health, public health, tropical medicine, health professional education and the healthcare needs of underserved populations. He has a national and international profile in rural medical education and rural medicine and has held a range of leadership positions.
Richard is also President of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand and a past President of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.
Prior to joining James Cook University as Planning Director of the Rural Clinical School in 2005, Richard spent 14 years in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia, including 12 years as the Medical Director of the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council, a position in which he had broad-ranging clinical, population health, teaching, research and medical leadership, and management roles.
Richard has extensive experience in medical education at program, sectoral leadership and policy levels. He has participated in the national policy arena in rural and remote medicine and health, health professional education and Aboriginal health for over 20 years and has had a key role in many national initiatives, including a 2015 appointment by the Prime Minister to the National Ice Taskforce.
Richard’s professional qualifications include:
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
- Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- Diploma of the Royal Australian College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Fellowship Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Fellowship Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
- Member – Australian Institute of Company Directors
Ms Suzanne Brown
Board Member
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Ms Suzanne Brown is a Director and leading Commercial Solicitor at McKays Solicitors (Mackay).
She is Mackay’s only Queensland Law Society Business Law Accredited Specialist and one of only 23 in Queensland. When Suzanne completed the course in 2014, she achieved the highest marks in the State and was honoured with a special award by the Chief Justice. Last year, Suzanne was also one of the 5 finalists in the Queensland Law Society’s Most Outstanding Accredited Specialists Awards.
Suzanne has previously been recognised as one of the 30 under 30 Best Lawyers in Australia, taking up 2 spots in the coveted list by winning both the Government and Energy and Resources categories. No one, in the history of the awards has ever won 2 categories – Suzanne is the first.
In 2015, Suzanne was named next to the likes of Darren Lockyer and Bindi Irwin as one of the Courier Mail’s 20 under 40 Business Leaders in Queensland.
From 2012-2015, Suzanne sat as a director of North Queensland Bulk Ports, the leading port authority responsible for the ports of Mackay, Hay Point, Weipa and Abbot Point.
Suzanne’s professional qualifications include:
- Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
- Queensland Law Society Business Law Accredited Specialist
- Commissioner for Declarations
Dr Elissa Hatherly
Board Member
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Dr Elissa Hatherly has worked in the Mackay Hospital and Health Service district since 2002.
Having graduated from the University of Queensland with degrees in Medicine and Science (Hons 1st class), Elissa pursued General Practice training working in around the Mackay district for several years before settling at Southside Medical Centre.
She has also worked in Women’s Health for the last 15 years. As one of the founding doctors of the Family Planning and Well Women’s Clinic, Elissa is an enthusiastic advocate for access to specialist women’s health services. She is also an advocate for cancer screening with 12 years at BreastScreen Mackay service and Specialist Outpatients clinical roles.
Her years with James Cook University coordinating medical students in their rural placement afforded Elissa the opportunity to travel regularly throughout the Mackay HHS district.
Recently, Elissa was appointed as a Director of the Northern Australia Primary Health Limited.
Elissa’s professional qualifications include:
- Bachelor of Science (Honours)
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
- Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Certificate in Family Planning
Adrienne Barnett
Board Member
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Ms Adrienne Barnett has lived in Mackay for more than half her life, having moved here in 1992 at age 21, after completing a Legal Office Traineeship and working for Grasso Searles Romano Solicitors.
Her Aboriginal heritage is an important part of her identity and was formed experiencing living in various regional and remote areas in Queensland during childhood.
Adrienne’s Aboriginal cultural heritage and identity has led her to many different roles during her 26 years of living in Mackay. She currently manages the Mackay and Region Aboriginal and Islander Development Association. Adrienne has been employed with the Mackay and District Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Aid Service, Mackay Community Development Employment Program, and Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, and has had previous governance roles with the Mackay Aboriginal & Islander Community Health Service, Australian Indigenous Communication Association Inc., and Community Media Training Organisation.
Her community roles include the Chairperson of the Mackay & District Aboriginal & Islander Media Association Ltd. (my105fm), and Secretary for Kutta Mulla Gorinna Independent School (Mackay). Adrienne’s passion is self-determination and social justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Adrienne lives with her partner David and two boys, Gabriel and Deacon.
Adrienne’s professional qualifications include:
- Certificate IV in Governance
- Diploma in Management
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- Commissioner for Declarations
Helen Caruso
Board Member
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Mrs Helen Caruso is a Mackay local and a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years’ experience in her field. She has previously held Chief Financial Officer roles with the Pioneer Valley Hospital and a major mining services private company. For 14 years she was the Practice Manager of a public accounting and business advisory firm in Mackay where she specialised in the areas of strategy and growth, succession planning, human resources management, and evaluating and implementing new and innovative Information and Communication Technologies. Helen is currently working for an Ecosystem Restoration Company that uses Artificial Intelligence and Drone Technologies to scale up land rehabilitation.
Helen’s professional qualifications include:
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning
- Member – Institute of Chartered Accountants
- Member – Certified Practicing Accountants
- Commissioner for Declarations
- Graduate – Australian Institute of Company Directors
Annabel Dolphin
Board Member
Mackay Hospital and Health Service 
Ms Annabel Dolphin is an experienced non-executive director with over 20 years’ experience specialising in strategic human resources, business advisory and corporate governance across a diverse range of sectors. Annabel has served as a director and chairperson for several government and non-for-profit organisations over the past 10 years including within the health sector.
She is currently the director of RACQ Ltd including its subsidiaries Members Banking Group Limited, Club Finance Holdings Limited, RACQ Insurance Limited and Club Insurance Holdings Pty Ltd. In addition, she is currently President of Saints Netball Club Mackay Inc and director of Dolphin Ventures Pty Ltd where she sits on several independent advisory boards within the mining, construction, manufacturing and professional services sector. She is also the director for Cooney Investments Pty Ltd t/a Helloworld Travel Mackay and Mt Pleasant.
Ms Dolphin has also served as chair of TAFE Queensland, deputy chair of Mackay Hospital Foundation as well as been a former director for Ergon Energy Pty Ltd, North Queensland Bulk Ports, TAFE QLD Scholarship Foundation, Aviation Australia and Mater Health Services North Queensland.
Annabel’s professional qualifications are:
- Bachelor Business Management (Human Resources, Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour)
- Diploma of Neuroscience (Leadership)
- Graduate – Institute of Company Directors
- Certified Human Resources Practitioner
